English Language Arts, Grade 1
Newfoundland and Labrador · Grade 1 · English Language Arts — the complete curriculum-aligned outline, taught skill by skill by MapleMind's AI tutor.
Unit 1: Speaking and Listening
Talking and listening to learn: describing experiences, listening for a purpose, asking and answering questions, retelling, using kind language, and taking part in conversations and simple presentations.
- Describing your own experiences out loud
- Listening for different reasons
- Asking questions to learn more
- Answering questions to make things clear
- Retelling events and stories in order
- Using aspects of language when speaking
- Thinking about the oral texts you hear
- Taking part in conversations
- Sharing out loud in front of others
- Sharing your own thoughts and opinions
- Thinking carefully about ideas and opinions
- Giving directions with more than two steps
- Following directions with more than two steps
- Using polite social habits
- Understanding how words affect feelings
- Matching your voice and body to the situation
Unit 2: Reading and Viewing
Making meaning from texts: choosing texts, using text features and strategies, concepts of print, asking inquiry questions, making connections, and beginning to notice the message a text sends.
- Choosing texts for a purpose
- Using text features to understand
- Using strategies to make sense of texts
- Showing how print works
- Making questions that lead to inquiry
- Finding answers in different sources
- Making connections to texts
- Sharing opinions about texts
- Understanding that texts send a message
- Noticing why and for whom a text is made
- Exploring other points of view in texts
Unit 3: Writing and Representing
Putting ideas on paper and in media: writing to express feelings and reflect, creating texts for a purpose and audience, and using strategies to write and represent effectively.
- Writing feelings and imaginative ideas
- Reflecting on learning through writing
- Using different text types and forms
- Knowing texts are made for a purpose and audience
- Creating texts for a purpose and audience
- Using strategies to write effectively
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